Divine Inheritance vs Theocratic Rule

[GoreBush]

Personally i dont like one-time instant yield bonuses in this game, because of how hard to calculate its long term strategic effects ( never play through Progress also ). There are two religion openers that do not give you instant bonuses ( they mentioned in title ).

And one of them ( in my opinion ) looks way stronger ( Theocratic Rule 15% gold 15% culture 15% faith in ALL cities during WLTK day ) than another ( Divine Inheritance 20% all yields in Holy city during Golden Age ). It is simply no-brain choice as for me. Once you get about half luxuries ( directly or via trade ) your cities spends most of their time in WLTK-celebration. Needless to say that Golden Age is a much much more rarer occasion, except for some very specific builds. Even so multile cities bonus outperform Holy city 20% yields.

So we are talking about strategic game of balanced and meaningful choices and i wonder - is there a balance mistake? May be WLTK-bonuses also should work Holy city only?

 

[CrazyG]

Are you playing tradition or authority?
As tradition I think divine inheritance is overall the best belief, and a major reason to do a golden age strategy. The AI also performs the best, by far, with divine inheritance.


Theo Rule is basically the only enhancer that is wide-friendly. It can be very powerful, because it is very easy to activate, however it has drawbacks. First you need good base culture/faith in every city, the +15% won't apply to bonus yields, and it likes to round down (if a city has 6 culture or 6 faith per turn it won't actually give you any benefit.). The gold works better (you can get decimals).

 

[randomnub]

I despise both of them, and as tradition I'd pick ceremonial burial every time. If you win faster (around turn 200-250) then instant yields pay off better than long term yields % increments.

 

[CrazyG]

I despise both of them, and as tradition I'd pick ceremonial burial every time. If you win faster (around turn 200-250) then instant yields pay off better than long term yields % increments.

How many cities are you usually able to spread to?

 

[trinket]

Theocratic Rule is better for wide, Divine Inheritance for tall.
DI is also great for Korea since that civ gets bonus GA, while TR is great for China/Brazil with their bonus to wltkd. Otherwise I just pick these 2 founders only if the better ones are taken.

 

[Mightybrain1000]

Theocratic Rule + synagogues on Wide China with Progress is insane, especially when a single great work/settlement//conquest triggers WLTED for every city.

 

[msw1]

The real appeal of divine inheritance is that it also gives your capital +20% food and production. This can help you rush wonders during golden ages. Egypt would have the best synergy, since with divine inheritance they'd have +60% wonder production during golden ages. But it's also potentially a good choice for civilizations that can easily be in a permanent golden age like the Aztecs.